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The Sleeping Poion In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

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Juliet drinks the sleeping potion despite her fears because she would rather everyone believe her death in place of marrying Paris. She worries the Friar only gave it to her in order to not be disgraced. “What if it be a poison which the friar Subtly hath ministered to have me dead… Lest… He should be dishonored”(Shakespeare 258). Then she worries about waking up with her dead relatives all around her.
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